0.8.1 doesn't run in windows 2000

[liron]

Windows 2000 SP4 spanish, fresh openarena-0.8.1 directory.
openarena.exe doesn't start at all, just open a popup window saying:

"No se encuentra el punto de entrada del procedimiento freeaddrinfo en la biblioteca de vínculos dinámicos WS2_32.DLL"

I supose the english equivalent is:

"The procedure entry point freeaddrinfo could not be located in the dynamic link library WS2_32.DLL"

I think this is related with this post info: http://openarena.ws/board/index.php?topic=1933.msg15854#msg15854

more info:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms737931.aspx


Thanks

[sago007]

Windows 2000 does not support IPv6.

Use openarena-depricated.exe for Windows 2000 (and Windows 9x)

[liron]

OK, thank you very much.
Any other drawback about using the deprecated exe version? 

[sago007]

No they are identical except for IPv6... or so I hope it is me who has removed IPv6 support to make an win9x/win2k compatible binary, so if there are other missing functionality it means I have done something wrong.

[Cacatoes]

What about naming it "noipv6" ? May avoid some confusion with legacy binaries ..

[fufinha]

thats the shit mouse binary.

if you try doing in_restart it doesnt give you the input initialization message. Only the legacy executable does, but even that's not perfect as it loads with windows mouse accell.

[Charlieb000]

I think i would be surprised if the win98 version would work when it does not work on win2000!

• Ws2_32.dll with freeaddrinfo

is only the first step in the incompatibility series. the next steps are:

• msvcrt.dll with _except_handler4_common (bypass requires an exception from KnownDlls - not good)

with a unknown source msvcrt.dll i get:

• kernelbase.dll (which is missing)
• ntdll.dll with _vsnwprintf

with msvcrt.dll from my XP machine i get:

• ntdll.dll with RtlGetNtVersionNumbers

I cannot bypass the last one because ntdll is critical to the program running in the system. And if i did succeed i would have received an exception (well probably, 2k is like xp) - It knows all the system entry and exit numbers - according to "Why loading Ntdll from local folder produces exception?" at Stack Overflow.


perhaps someone needs to make a "KernelEx" (or another name) for 2k...

Other "better" games are much easier to get running than this...
Charlie.

[Neon_Knight]

Does the original Q3 and/or ioQ3 run on Win2000 as well?

[fromhell]

Q3A should work. Ioq3 most likely won't work either.

I would love to have OA running on 98/2K again. I do know it does run on Win98SE through KernelEx, and I kinda hate that requirement.

[Gig]

KernelEX... are you talking about this?
http://kernelex.sourceforge.net/about/